MEZHINSKY, VICTOR B.,WEN, FANG,OLIVERA, ARGELIO,HOPKINS, MARK A.,TODD, KIRK W.
申请号:
CA2658129
公开号:
CA2658129C
申请日:
2007.07.20
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
A smart connector system includes a machine connector disposed on aface of a surgical machine, an illumination ring located on the face of thesurgicalmachine and disposed around a periphery of the machine connector, an RFIDreader antenna located in close proximity to the machine connector and thefaceof the surgical machine, and an accessory connector adapted to couple with themachine connector. The accessory connector has an RFID tag antenna and iscapable of attaching a tool to the surgical machine. When the accessoryconnector is brought within close proximity to the machine connector, acommunications connection is established between the RFID tag antenna andthe RFID reader antenna.